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Finland believed the Soviet Union wanted to expand into its territory and the Soviet Union feared Finland would allow itself to be used as a base from which enemies could attack. A faked border incident gave the Soviet Union the excuse to invade on 30 November 1939.

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On November 30, 1939, the Red Army crosses the Soviet-Finnish border with 465,000 men and 1,000 aircraft. Helsinki was bombed, and 61 Finns were killed in an air raid that steeled the Finns for resistance, not capitulation.

On September 17, 1939, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov declares that the Polish government has ceased to exist, as the U.S.S.R. exercises the “fine print” of the Hitler-Stalin Non-aggression pact—the invasion and occupation of eastern Poland.

But Hitler managed to turn a seemingly winning hand into a losing one in the space of that single year. By the end of 1941, Britain emerged with two powerful new allies, the Soviet Union and the United States.

Russia has celebrated victory in what it calls “the Great Patriotic War” every year since 1945, but commemoration has undergone a makeover. Parades were often staged without tanks and missiles rumbling across Red Square under the baleful eyes of septuagenarian and octogenarian Communist Party secretaries.

The German army is one of the finest armies ever fielded and was superior to every army it faced in WWII.

Top Ten Greatest Armies of World War II

1. 1 Germany. Basically pioneered modern warfare tactics, not only tank doctrine but also air force and infantry doctrine too.
2. 2 United States.
3. 3 Russia.
4. 4 England.
5. 5 Japan.
6. 6 Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a sovereign state in Europe.
7. 7 Australia.
8. 8 Canada.

Here are some of the most powerful armies in history.

• The Roman Army: The Roman Army famously conquered the Western world over a period of a few hundred years.
• The Mongol Army.
• Ottoman Army.
• Nazi German Army.
• The Soviet Army.
• United States.